HK rowers add gold, bronze at Asian Games
Hong Kong rowers added two more medals to their Asian Games campaign in Japan on Thursday, including a gold in the men’s lightweight single sculls event. Chiu Hin-chun topped the podium with a winning time of six minutes and 50.32 seconds, finishing more than two seconds ahead of silver medallist Amirhossein Mahmoodpour Shahrestani of Iran.
The victory marked Hong Kong’s fourth gold medal of the Games and his first individual gold in three Asian Games appearances. Following Chiu’s success, Lam San-tung and Chan Tik-lun secured a bronze medal in the men’s lightweight double sculls, finishing behind the pairs from Uzbekistan and Indonesia. Hong Kong rowers have so far earned one gold, two silvers, and one bronze at the Games.
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